Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
After mooting the move to do away with prior green clearances for big building projects, the Union environment ministry has delayed notifying these major changes even as the urban development ministry went ahead with its Model Building Byelaws 2016 incorporating these points. The bylaws, unveiled in March this year, promise …
In a big relief to the Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Ltd (TS-Genco), the southern zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday party allowed a petition filed by the Human Rights Forum against execution of 4 x 270 MW Bhadradri Thermal Power Plant at Manuguru in Khammam …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is likely to hear an application against the construction of truck terminals in Khalapur, off the Pune-Mumbai expressway. It is alleged that the presence of terminals is in violation of environmental norms and the enactment controlling pollution of water. A vacation bench of the tribunal …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Nikhil Rajendra Tayal & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 08/07/2016. This Application has been moved for stopping construction of a township having built-up area exceeding 20,000 sq.mtrs on land bearing Survey No.248, 257/2, …
The fromer UPA government had imposed a fine of Rs 200 crore on the company for environmental damage caused during construction of its port in Mundra in Gujarat. Amid reports that Adani Port and SEZ Ltd (APSEZ) was spared a hefty fine of Rs 200 crore for environmental damage during …
Amid reports that Adani Port and SEZ Ltd (APSEZ) was spared a hefty fine of Rs 200 crore for environmental damage during construction of Mundra port, the Environment Ministry today said the claims are “incorrect” and it had imposed “more serious” responsibility on the firm without any cost limit. According …
The Centre must recall the draft notification which is bad in law and will be disastrous for the ecology. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change (MOEF&C;) issued a new draft notification in May 2016, proposing to amend the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006. The draft notification aims to …
‘Units failing to comply shall be closed’ Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology, Choudhary Lal Singh, today said the owners of stone crushers, brick kilns and hot mix plants in the State have been asked to implement pollution control measures, failing which their units shall be closed. The Minister said …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Excellent India Pvt. Ltd. & Others Vs. Sub Division Magistrate, Chankyapur & Others dated 15/06/2016 regarding sealing of a diesel generating set on the orders of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate on the ground that it has contravened the provision of the …
PUNE: Adhering to the orders of the state Director General of Police (DGP) Praveen Dixeet, the city police have started forming teams to monitor and keep a check on the noise pollution in the city limits. The police have identified the critical spots and roads which are generally used by …
Construction work along the banks of Vishwamitri in Vadodara continued unabated Thursday despite an order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to stay all such activities with immediate effect. The NGT order, dated May 25 and released on June 1, came on a petition moved by green activist Rohit Prajapati, …
THE Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has asked the State Government to put all environmental quality data related to critically polluted areas (CPAs) on the public domain. The information, including revised Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) scores, which evaluate level of pollution, must be put on public domain through a …
With wetland ecosystems across the country facing increasing threat of extinction, the National Green Tribunal today directed all state governments and Union Territories to identify and notify wetlands in atleast five to ten districts under their jurisdiction. A bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar said while smaller states may go …
In the first such action against civic bodies for non-compliance on anti-pollution measures, the environment ministry has moved the National Green Tribunal ( NGT ) against five municipal bodies of Uttar Pradesh — Mirzapur, Chunar, Bhadoi, Fatehpur and Hastinapur — seeking directions to the erring officials who have not taken …
After several days of a bitter battle between residents of SVP Nagar in Andheri and NCP leader Narendra Verma, over illegal concretisation of mangroves, the Versova police registered an FIR against Verma under the Environment Protection Act-1986 on Monday. Residents have alleged that Verma was getting paver blocks laid on …
Order passed in response to PIL citing media reports that 33 of 35 distilleries making ethanol in UP lacked licence for storage of hazardous chemicals NGT orders halt on ethanol production Monday's order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for sugar mills without an explosives licence to cease ethanol production …
A day after people celebrated Shiv Jayanti with loud sound systems during procession, Kolhapur police took strict action against those responsible for violating prescribed noise level norms and have registered cases against 60 persons including city deputy mayor Digambar Farakte on Monday. Police have also booked the owners of the …
Kochi: The joint inquiry committee, constituted to look into allegations regarding the discharge of chemical effluents into Periyar by Sree Sakthi Paper Mills, has recommended the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to issue the closure notice again. Following widespread public protests, the committee inspected the mill and its premises …
MoEFCC (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change) issued a draft notification as required by sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 on 10th May, 2016. Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 empowers the Central Government to give directions which reads as “Notwithstanding anything …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik says the Centre's proposed River Regulation Zone notifications will severely constraint Odisha's development. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Patnaik also pointed out that the Centre was overstepping its jurisdiction under the federal structure, since water was a state subject. The Ministry of …
